Swedish tenor Rickard Söderberg has appeared in the title roles of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, J. C. Bach’s Temistocle and Idomeneo, and as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte. He also sings Erik in Der fliegende Holländer, Balzar Horn in Die Meistersänger von Nürnberg as well as Loge in Das Rheingold.

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This Summer the Drottningholm Slottsteater presents Joseph Haydn's opera Orlando Paladino, directed by Sigrid T'Hooft. In August Peter Mattei sings Mozart in two concerts with the Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra. The popular family performance with The Romeo & Julia Choir of Tobaksladans hemligheter is back. The Romeo & Julia Choir is also presenting Monteverdi, a drama concert for all ages.

Haydn's opera Orlando Paladino, which will open at the Drottningholms Slottsteater on July 29, is based on the medieval legend of the knight Roland (Orlando), who is madly in love with Angelica, Queen of Cathay. The performance stars Rickard Söderberg, Kirsten Blaise and Pietro Spagnoli, all of whom are internationally known for their interpretation of 18th century opera.

Berlin-based Stephan Dietrich designs costumes and stage sets as a freelance artist. In addition to numerous assignments for the theatres of Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna, the focus of his work is Baroque opera and the spectacle of Baroque ballet.

Soprano Kirsten Blaise has gained a particular reputation in operatic and concert works of the Baroque and Classical eras, but her repertoire also embraces such composers as Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Wagner, and Mahler. In Drottningholms Slottsteaters Orlando paladino summer 2012, she plays the role of Angelica, Queen of Cathay.

Lyrical baritone Pietro Spagnoli is a sought-after interpreter in operas by W. A. Mozart, G. Rossini and G. Donizetti. In Drottningholms Slottsteater's Orlando paladino summer 2012, he plays the role of Rodomonte, king of Barbaria.

The Norwegian tenor Magnus Staveland is a much sought after concert and oratorio singer in concert venues and festivals throughout Europe. He has studied at the State Academy of Music in Oslo and at the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen. In Orlando paladino at Drottningholms Slottsteater summer 2012, Staveland plays the saracen warrior Medoro.

Tuva Semmingsen was born in Norway and trained at the Norwegian State Academy of Music and the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen. Debut in 1999 at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro. In Orlando paladino at Drottningholms Slottsteater, summer 2012, she has the part of Alcina, the sorceress.

Haydn's opera Orlando Paladino, which will open at the Drottningholm Court Theatre on July 29, 2012, is based on the medieval legend of the knight Roland (Orlando), who is madly in love with Angelica, Queen of Cathay. The performance stars Rickard Söderberg, Kirsten Blaise and Pietro Spagnoli. Please download the program folder as a pdf below.